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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Moms Across America Tackles Monsanto

This
is very interesting as it shows plausible bioaccumulation of Roundup in breast
milk.

I
have already taken the position that we have two serious conjectures to
consider that conform to the data and to the trend lines established now
through fifty years.

The worst is that the systemic buildup of glyphosate is
responsible for the global collapse ofthe amphibian population. The toxin is readily absorbed through the
skin, thus they are hugely at risk to any effects. No other natural global agent has ever been
discovered. An unnatural one makes far
more sense regardless. It has not driven
them into extinction but that is clearly because significant refugia preserve
populations.

More
recently and also with this revelation regarding breast milk, we addressed the
plausible link to the decline in male semen count. The same biological factors should work in
all this and that is what makes this conjecture so likely. Establishing protocols to test this will be a
seriously difficult.

The
good news is that a group such as this is tackling the problem.

Moms to EPA: End Monsanto's Poisoning of America

"We will get Roundup
recalled, and we will have an impact on the chemical treadmill," said Zen
Honeycutt of Moms Across America

That was the
message brought to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday by a group of concerned mothers who
say that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widespread herbicide made by the
chemical and biotechnology giant, is putting public health in jeopardy.

The group of 11, which
included scientists, a lawyer and health worker,
urged the agency to look at the results of a recent pilot study commissioned by
their group, Moms Across America, and Sustainable Pulse.
Their study found glyphosate present in human breast milk, indicating —
contrary to industry claims — that the herbicide may build up or
"bioaccumulate" in women's bodies.

The results of that study
were "considerable and shocking," Zen Honeycutt, Founder and Director
of Moms Across America, told Common
Dreams.

Honeycutt pointed to a
previous study which looked at Roundup's negative effects on gut bacteria
and pointed to possible links between those effects and a number of diseases.
She said that in her group's breast milk study, the sample with the highest
levels of Roundup detected had levels that were higher than was shown to
destroy gut bacteria in the earlier study.

Her group is asking the
EPA to revoke the license for glyphosate, recall foods sprayed with it, call
for its use as a drying agent to be stopped, and to include in the EPA review
of glyphosate the results from the breast milk study.

Honeycutt said that the
EPA met with the group for two hours, "fully listened" to what they
said, and it even appeared that "we have some people on our side."
The EPA also said that they would include the milk study in their review
"when protocols are met," Honeycutt said. The EPA indicated that it had
contacted Monsanto to provide information on its own breast milk study, which
may be in the works.

It also follows a phone
campaign organized by Moms Across America that urged supporters to call the EPA
because "we wanted them to understand how bad glyphosate is," Laurie
Olson, West Coast Leader with the group, explained to Common Dreams.

"We just called and
called," Olson said. She estimates the group made about 10,000 calls over
about a week period. "We got their attention," she said.

"We're not some giant
corporation. We're real people with real stories and real lives, and we want it
to stop," Olson said, referring to glyphosate's effects.

It might seem like a
David vs. Goliath battle, but Honeycutt is confident.

"We will do
this," she said. "We will get Roundup recalled, and we will have an
impact on the chemical treadmill."

For those interested in
the ongoing campaign, she says the next steps will be on the group's Facebook page.

For now, she said,
"Keep talking and sharing. Moms are making a difference."

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